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 ===20th century===
-In 1900, the last remaining residents of the village departed after the [[56th United States Congress]] appropriated $75,000 ({{Inflation|US|75000|1900|fmt=eq}}) to settle the U.S. government's debts to them.{{sfn|Schildt|1984|pp=18–19}} With limited space but large numbers of [[Killed in action|KIAs]] from [[World War II]], Korean War, [[Vietnam War]], along with natural deaths from high-ranking military officials, the need for additional burial space at Arlington Cemetery became a challenge and priority to the U.S. government.
+In 1900, the last remaining residents of the village departed after the [[56th United States Congress]] appropriated $75,000 ({{Inflation|US|75000|1900|fmt=eq}}) to settle the U.S. government's debts to them.{{sfn|Schildt|1984|pp=18–19}} With limited space but large numbers of [[Killed in action|KIAs]] from [[World War II]], Korean War, Vietnam War, along with natural deaths from high-ranking military officials, the need for additional burial space at Arlington Cemetery became a challenge and priority to the U.S. government.
 On May 30, 1929, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Herbert Hoover]] conducted the first national [[Memorial Day]] ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery.<ref name="presidency">{{cite web| author=John T. Wolley and Gerhard Peters| url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22129| title=Herbert Hoover: Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery| publisher=The American Presidency Project [online]| access-date=May 26, 2010| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116070038/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22129| archive-date=November 16, 2008}}</ref>
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 * Unknown Soldier of [[World War II]], interred May 30, 1958; President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] presided
 * Unknown Soldier of the Korean War, also interred May 30, 1958; President Dwight Eisenhower presided again, Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] acted as next of kin
-* Unknown Soldier of the [[Vietnam War]], interred May 28, 1984; President [[Ronald Reagan]] presided. The remains of the Vietnam Unknown were disinterred, under the authority of President [[Bill Clinton]], on May 14, 1998, and were identified as those of Air Force first Lt. [[Michael Blassie|Michael J. Blassie]], whose family had them reinterred near their home in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. It has been determined that the crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns that contained the remains of the Vietnam Unknown will remain empty.
+* Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War, interred May 28, 1984; President [[Ronald Reagan]] presided. The remains of the Vietnam Unknown were disinterred, under the authority of President [[Bill Clinton]], on May 14, 1998, and were identified as those of Air Force first Lt. [[Michael Blassie|Michael J. Blassie]], whose family had them reinterred near their home in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. It has been determined that the crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns that contained the remains of the Vietnam Unknown will remain empty.
 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has been perpetually guarded since July 2, 1937, by the U.S. Army. The [[3rd United States Infantry Regiment (TOG)|3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment]] ("The Old Guard") began guarding the Tomb on April 6, 1948. There is a meticulous routine that the guard follows when watching over the graves.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925062923/http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/VisitorInformation/ChangingofTheGuard.aspx |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/VisitorInformation/ChangingofTheGuard.aspx |title=The Changing of the Guard |location=Arlington County, Virginia |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |access-date=January 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Tomb Guard: